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New the # May,2O17 Sub.: Summary (No.4) to the Cabinet on the significant activities of Ministry of Infomation & Broadcasting for the month of April20.t7.

The signmcant activities / events relating to this Ministry for the month of April 2017 are outlined below: -

. The O4th National Film Awards 2016 were announced on 7th April, 2017 by the Chairpersons of the iuries on Feature Fitms, Non Feature Films, Best Writing on Cinema and Most Film Friendly State Award and were confened by Hon'ble Presideni of on Mav 3rd. 2017. Renowned Film Direclor & Actor Shri Kasinadhuni Viswanath was conferred the 48th Dadasahsb Phalke Award for the year 2016. Some of the prominent winners in various categories included 'Kasaav' in Best Feature Film category and 'Fireflies in the Abyss' in the Non-Feature Film Category. 'Sathamanam Bhavathi'was awarded as Best Popular Film providing Wholesome Entertainment. Shri Akshay Kumar was awarded Best Actor award for the film 'Rustom' and Ms. Surabhi was awarded Best Actress forthe Malayalam movie 'Minnaminungu-The Firefly'. Ralesh Mapuskar was given Bgst Direc{ion Award for Marathi movie 'Ventilatof. The state of was awarded the Most Film Friendly State award for implementing a unique film policy and the state of was given Special Mention Award for their film policy.

. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on'Cooperation in the field of Mass Media" and an'Audio-Visual Co-Produciion Agreement'has been signed between the Government of the Republic of India and Government of the Peoples Republic of on 8ih April,2017. The MoU would facilitats training/study tour of p€rsonnel in the field of mass media and public relations and the Audio-Visual Co-Production Agreement would cover co-production of films, documentaries, and animations films.

. Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri M roleasod three Heritage Books on the occasion of Centenary Celebrations of Champaran Satyagraha on 10th April, 2017. Ms. Apama Basu, Chairperson National Gandhi Mussum was also preseni on the occasion. The books are 'Gandhi in Champaran' published by Publications Division in collaboration with National Gandhi Mus€um, , "Romain Rolland and Gandhi Correspondence' and 8-volume 'Mahatma' S€ries by DG Tendulkar.

. A 'Workshop on Instagram for better Government Communication' was inaugurated by Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu on 20th April, 2017. 'fhe workshop, organized iointly by press Infomalion Bureau (PlB) & Instagram, was the first such workshop organized by Instagram in Asia and aimed at exposing lhe Government Officials to f) larious features€nd apBliceii€Fs of Instagram-Pffiofln for bettereovernment communicalion and outreach on social media.

The Union Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) and Information & Broadcasting Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu reviewed the progress of various schemes under these Ministries in respect of the slate of on 28th April, 2017. The Minister asked the Fisld Offices of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (l&B) in the region to communicarte mors in local languages & develop Programmes on Regional Culiure & Talent. Earlier ths Minister also conducted the "Review Maeting of Programmes & Policies in North East" in Guwahali on lSth April,20'17, in the presence of Shri , of . On the occasion, the Minisier mentioned that only way for development in the region was peace and that Terrorism and Insurgency was anti-development.

A Russian Delegation led by Mr. Alexey Volin, Vice Minister of Telecom and Mass Communication of the Russian Federation met the Minister of State for lnfomation & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore on 3rd April, 2017. During the discussions, the delegation was apprised about the recent initiatives of the Ministry including Film Visa, Film Facilitation Ofiice (FFO) and proposed setting up of National Centre of Excellence for Animations, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC). The possible areas of collaboration between the two countries was also discussed.

r As part of the Centanary celebrations of '100 Years of Champaran Satyagrah", Song and Drama Division organized programmes in Motihari, , the place where the Satyagrah Movement originated. The programme 'Satya Swachch Suf was inaugurated by Hon'ble of Bihar Shri and the Union Agriculture Minister Shri Radhamohan Singh. The proglamme was spread over six days and was attended among others by Shri , Hon'ble Minister for Skill Oevelopment,

. During the month, 11 Special Outreach Programmes on flagship schemes of the Government and 1543 Special programmes as well as othsr publicity activities on various issues were organized by the field units of Directorate of Field Publicity (DFP) sensitizing over 4.22 Lakh people in 1344 villages. t lrrK, (K. Sariiay Murtty) JorNr SEoRETARY ro rHE GovERNr4ENrtjrit?#